What does a cult actually look like?

Not the Hollywood version.

Not the robes-and-compounds version.

The modern one.

In this episode of CTRL + ALT + DELUSION, Nate breaks down the real psychology of cults and how they form, how they grow, and why smart, confident people fall into them without realizing it.

We’re talking:

Belonging before control

Identity over evidence

Catchphrases instead of arguments

Why facts bounce off

How loyalty slowly replaces morality

This episode is an exploration of human behavior, certainty, and how movements turn into belief systems that can’t be questioned...until suddenly, the picture becomes very clear.

There’s humor.

There’s discomfort.

And by the end, there’s no pretending we don’t see it.

If you’ve ever wondered how people get pulled into cults and why they don’t leave this episode may help to connect the dots.

Listen all the way through.

The last act matters.

“The most dangerous cults don’t ask you to leave society.

They ask you to burn it down for them.”

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